Hi! I've installed zope 2.7.0 to my windows, choosing to split instance and software home. Next I've installed all my products and python modules I needed, and put it together in one directory, rewriting the paths in all files (etc/zope.conf, bin/runzope). I also made a custom_zodb.py. (actually I want it to burn to cd-rom then) Finally I uninstalled the original zope, cleared all zope-related stuffs but this directory, and it works! It works even I rename that directory. BUT: If I copy it to another machine (where zope was never installed), I've got the following traceback: E:\>"\zope\bin\python.exe" "\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\run.py" -C "\instance\ etc\zope.conf" E:\zope\bin\lib\fcntl.py:7: DeprecationWarning: the FCNTL module is deprecated; please use fcntl DeprecationWarning) Traceback (most recent call last): File "\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\run.py", line 49, in ? run() File "\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\run.py", line 18, in run opts = _setconfig() File "\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\run.py", line 41, in _setconfig opts.realize(doc="Sorry, no option docs yet.") File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\zdaemon\zdoptions.py", line 262, in realize File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\zdaemon\zdoptions.py", line 303, in load_schema File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\loader.py", line 37, in l oadSchema File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\loader.py", line 71, in l oadURL File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\loader.py", line 137, in loadResource File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\schema.py", line 43, in p arseResource File "E:\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\__init__.py", line 33, in parse check_python_version() File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\bin\Lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 107, i n parse File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\bin\Lib\xml\sax\xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\bin\Lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 207, i n feed File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\bin\Lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 300, i n start_element File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\schema.py", line 115, in startElement File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\schema.py", line 469, in start_schema File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\schema.py", line 207, in get_sect_typeinfo File "C:\Program Files\Zope-2.7.0\lib\python\ZConfig\schema.py", line 200, in get_datatype File "E:\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\datatypes.py", line 298, in get File "E:\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\datatypes.py", line 323, in search File "E:\zope\lib\python\Zope\Startup\datatypes.py", line 18, in ? from ZODB.config import ZODBDatabase ImportError: No module named ZODB.config I have no problem running several instances on linux. -- Europe now without walls - who needs Gates? http://latz.linsze.hu